Lacing device.



No. 704,38I. Patented Julyv8, |902.

E. SAVOYE.

LACING DEVICE.

(Application led Dec. 12, 1901.)

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EMILE SAVOYE, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

LACING DEVICE.V

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,381, dated July 8, 1902. Application filed December l2, 1901. Serial No. 85,591. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, EMILE SavoYE, corset manufacturer, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at 35 Rue du Caire, Paris, in the Republic of France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lacing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in lacing devices or arrangements to bring together parts of wearing-apparel, stays or corsets, and the like and in which the eyelets located on the same side have their aXes placed in line with each other.

It is my purpose to overcome abrasion or wearing of the lacing-cord used in connection with lacing-eyelets or analogous devices by manufacturing eyelets of rounded or roundedoff wire 0r a metallic thread, the same being so bent as to form a series of coils or helices which are located adjacent one to the other. Each eyelet thus presents rounded edges and guiding-surfaces of suitable length, so that it does not chafe and Wear out the lacing-cord, and the eyelet also makes said lacing-cord slide easily and freely through the opening or passage of the eyelet itself.

I have represented several embodiments of the invention in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure lis a diagrammatic viewillustrating the arrangement of a plurality of eyelets and a tightening-lace which is threaded through said eyelets. Figs. 2 and 2 are plan and crosssectional views, respectively, on an enlarged scale, through one embodiment of the invention. Figs. 3 and 8 are similar views of another embodiment of the invention. Figs. 4 and 4J are like views of a still further einbodiment of the invention. Figs. 5 and 5a are like views of another modication; and Figs. 6, 6, and 6C are views in plan, cross-section, and in detail, respectively, of a further modification;

In Figs. 2 and 3 the eyeletis formed by round wire l, the middle of which is bent over at 2, so as to constitute two helical coils (see Fig. 2) or three of such coils. (See Fig. 3.) The ends of the Wire are bent over in the shape of a ring 3, (see Fig. 2,) to be fixed, by means of rivets, to the parts to be drawn together,which parts may each be provided with a steel band 4. The said ends may also be flattened down and provided with an opening for the passage of the rivet, or they may be made straight or bent or otherwise and fixed to the steel band by soldering or otherwise. They may also be stitched to the fabric. Vhen three coils are used, as in Fig. 3, the middle spire has its outer end located further back than the adjoining coils in order to avoid as much as possible any sudden angle in the guiding-surface for the lace.

In Fig. a the wire 5 is iirst bent in the shape of a ring 6 and is then brought back ou itself in the shape of a long loop 7, is bent a second time in the shape of a ring at 8, and terminates parallel to the rst branch and to the loop 7.

The stem of the eyelet, constituted by the ends of the wire and by the loop 7, can be fixed in any suitable manner to the edge of the parts to be drawn together.

In the several embodiments of the invention herein described the transverse section of the passage formed by the adjacent disposition of the coils or helices may be round, elliptical, rectangular, or any other shape for the purpose of reducing as much as possible the width of the eyelet.

My lacing device may be. applied to steel bands, so as to be used as a busk for stays. Buskless stays may also be formed by sewing the eyelets directly to the edges of corsets, the said stays being easily and quickly tightcned.

From the foregoing description it is to be y understood that the eyelet is formed of a coiled metallic thread which comprises a series of helical spirals arranged on the outside of the part to which the eyelet is attached, saidvspirals being arranged a certain distance apart and the spirals following or conforming to a meridian line, so as to present con- Vex inner surfaces for engagement with a lacing-cord. Itis preferable to coil the spirals from a continuous metallic thread, the latter being of curved form in cross-section, and the described construction not only reduces chafing and wear of the lacing, but it also allows the lacing to be easilyT threaded through the eyelet. f

In the several forms described the transversal section of the passage formed by the superposition of the coils or hooks may be round, elliptical, or ilatwise, or of other shape for the purpose of reducing as much as possible the Width of the eyelet.

My lacing device applied to steel bands allows of constituting busks for stays. Buskless stays may also be formed by sewing directly the eyelets to the edges of the corsets,`

the said stays being easily and quickly tightened.

I claiml. In a lacing device with eyelets having their axes in alinement, an eyelet formed of coiled metallic thread, comprising a series of helical spirals spaced at intervals from one another and curved on the outer side against which the lacing should rest, in combination with the parts arranged to be secured to the objects to be connected by the lacing.

2. In a lacing device with eyelets having their axes in alinement, an eyelet of coiled metallic thread, comprising a series of helical spirals arranged on the outside of the part to which the eyelet is attached, said spirals being arranged a certain distance apart and following a meridian line convex on the inside, in combination with parts arranged to be secured to the objects to be connected by the lacing.

3. In a lacing device with eyelets having their axes in alinement, an eyelet of coiled metallic thread comprising a series of helical spirals arranged a certain distance apart and formed by the ceiling of a continuous thread, one of the ends of said thread being arranged to be iXed to one of the objects to be connected by the lacing, and the other end being free so that the lacingcan be introduced between the said ends into the spirals.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EMILE SAVOYE.

Witnesses:

MAURICE ROUX, EDWARD P. MACLEAN. 

